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Debating vaccination requirements isn’t new, but panic over the recent measles outbreak has triggered heated arguments and plenty of fresh questions. This issue goes beyond social media rants and false claims. So, what’s the real deal with vaccines? WHAT’S HAPPENING? An ongoing measles outbreak that originated last month at Disneyland in California spread to 16 other states. Measles is an extremely contagious airborne disease with a host of symptoms, the most telling of which is a blotchy red rash that spreads all over the body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been tracking the transmission of the infection since Jan. 1, and their most recent...

Palm Beach County health officials followed federal guidelines in ruling out Ebola as a possible diagnosis for a patient transported by ambulance to JFK Medical Center on Wednesday.The woman, who had recently visited Africa, was staying at the Four...

A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement on Wednesday.At least 4,447 people have...

Chris Brown might have this whole Ebola situation figured out -- and it's much more serious than anyone thought.
"I don't know ... But I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. ... getting crazy bruh," the singer said in a...

A Texas health worker has contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas last week, raising concern about how U.S. medical guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the disease were breached.Texas Health...

Concern about immigration recently tripled, thanks largely to the surge of unaccompanied minors across the nation's southern border, according to the latest Gallup poll. Yet Congress is hopelessly deadlocked over what to do.
Republican leaders have...

A Texas health worker has contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas last week, raising concern about how U.S. medical guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the disease were breached.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it will begin enhanced screening of travelers from West Africa arriving at five of the country's largest airports as it increases efforts to prevent the spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak. The...

Protect yourself for the upcoming flu season with a shot at Costco's pharmacy for less than $15.
You don't have to be a member to fill prescriptions at the pharmacy or to get a vaccination. By law, pharmacies must be open to the public.
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Some good news came out of the Ebola scare that reached South Florida this past weekend: The teenager being tested here almost certainly does not have the dreaded disease. And South Florida's medical community had a successful test run in responding to...

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, has expressed confidence in the American health care system to handle cases of the Ebola virus that occur in the United States.
“I’m not at all worried, because if there is any place in the entire world...

Up until a couple of days ago, the Ebola virus was one of those stories we could choose to pay attention to, or not.
It’s hard to get Americans interested in anything that doesn’t touch their lives directly. Foreign visitors are always taken...

Ever since a man in Texas became the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States earlier this week, anxiety has run high that the deadly virus could emerge in South Florida, home to a well-traveled, diverse population.
State and local health...

— Gov. Rick Scott criticized federal health authorities Friday and insisted they rev up preparations to handle potential Ebola cases in Florida.
By Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had agreed to some of Scott's requests to...

The first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States, and Americans can assume it won't be the last without vigilance to keep the disease out. President Barack Obama is right — this is a national security issue and merits a response equal to...

Broward County's busiest court was disrupted Friday and its biggest jail was locked down for four hours after a judge cleared a courtroom because an arrestee allegedly told police he had Ebola.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue hazmat responders wearing...

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States, wasn't appropriately treated for suspected infection until after his nephew personally called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nephew told...

Kicking the habit is tough, and in a newly published paper, a Florida Atlantic University researcher and her collaborators explain why: Nicotine withdrawal can mimic depression, making it more difficult to derive joy from even the best things in life.
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